The Palapa Grill

People who cannot afford to live near the beach still like to party like they can afford to live near the beach.

Those people go to The Palapa Grill.

Even though downtown Fullerton is nowhere near a beach, The Palapa Grill offers a delightful opportunity to pretend that you're near the beach, especially if you drink one of its Fish Bowls.

The Palapa Grill, a small tropical-themed hangout within a few miles of a million college campuses (only a slight exaggeration), offers a casual, typical bar food menu, but an adventurous drink menu that includes the popular Fish Bowl.

The 100-ounce drinks – yes, you heard me right – come in four flavors and as many 20-inch straws as you need. People with many friends can ask for many straws. Lucky people with few friends can get pretty drunk.

The potent drinks are served in bowls and can be ordered by color or by name. Either way, the servers and bartenders will know what you mean.

The blue Fish Bowl is called the La Palapa Lapa Lapu Lapu.

The orange is called the Tiki Thai Wiki Wacker.

The red is the Hawaiian Hula Whoo Hoo Woo Hoo.

And the green is the Tahitian Shag It Luv Potion #9.

Now you know why people order by color. After a few Fish Bowls, you're lucky to be able to remember your own name.

In fact, these drinks are so deceptively potent that they should come with a warning from the surgeon general. Of course, that would only make them more popular with local college students.